# Sam Neua Airport (NEU / VLSN)

**Sam Neua Airport** (IATA: NEU, ICAO: VLSN) is a medium airport in Houaphan Province, Laos. It has one runway, 1,132 m (3,715 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NEU / VLSN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Houaphan Province, Laos
- Elevation: 1,000 m / 3,281 ft
- Coordinates: 20.4184, 104.0670
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,132 m / 3,715 ft
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Vientiane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathong_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824718
- Ident: VLSN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,132 m / 3,715 ft | 24 m / 80 ft | Asphalt | 077° / 257° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [VTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlvt.md) Wattay International Airport · Laos · 313 km / 194 mi · Lao Air, Lao Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NEU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- LK [Lao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lao-air) · 1
- QV [Lao Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lao-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,132 m / 3,715 ft | =11,501 of 29,858 | #1,629 in Asia | #9 in LA |
| Elevation | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | =4,808 of 43,403 | #453 in Asia | #4 in LA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LA |

## Nearby airports

- [VLNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlnk.md) Nongkhang airport · 22 km / 13 mi
- [SQH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvns.md) Na San Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [VLPV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlpv.md) Phonesavanh Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [XKH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlxk.md) Xieng Khouang Airport · 144 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Nathong Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathong_Airport&oldid=1363065514), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsn/data